Groove Newsletter Contest February 2007: Valentine Romance (FREEBIES HERE!)

[The Groove]

Happy Valentine's from The Groove!

The February 2007 issue of The Groove is here, and it is oh-so-lovely! This month, our theme is "Valentine Romance". Think hearts, chocolates, champagne, roses…whatever tickles your fancy!

To download the February 2007 issue of The Groove (pdf), click here (http://www.scrapbookmax.com/thegroove/pdf/thegroove-feb2007.pdf). Or, if you would rather read it online, visit scrapbookgroove.blogspot.com (http://scrapbookgroove.blogspot.com). The Groove online has an exciting new look-so be sure to check it out!

CONTEST DETAILS
This month's contest is "Be My Valentine" and we're looking for layouts that capture fun, romance, silliness, goofiness, tenderness – in short, all the things that love can be. Remember that we are now honoring 3 winning layouts! The 1st place winner of the "Be My Valentine" contest will receive a $20 gift certificate to the Scrapbook MAX! Booster Pack Store (http://www.scrapbookmax.com/store/). Two runners-up will each receive an official Scrapbook MAX! mousepad. You've got to love that!

To enter, publish your layout as a JPEG image at High Quality and Web/Email size, and upload it to the contest page (http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=1515). The deadline is February 26, 2007, Midnight (CST).

We encourage you to reply to this thread after you enter the contest. Post a link to your entry and tell us a bit about it so we can all get in on the fun!

MONTHLY FREEBIE
And now for everyone's favorite – THE MONTHLY FREEBIE! To download yours automatically to Scrapbook MAX! , just click on the attached file below! This month, we feature a collection of tags that will be installed to your "Embellishments" folder.

Happy Valentine's from The Groove!

Karin and Marnie

P.S. Not yet signed up for The Groove? Click here (http://www.scrapbookmax.com/thegroove/) to subscribe.

[rosana brito]

thanks Karin, is i am I am happy, with plus this gift, know that I have an immense affection for all moderators ok

kisses

[sacannon]

Congrats Donna on winning the Pets contest! and Lisa and Lor for Runners up. Great Work! Nice Profile Julie, how do you find time to get anything done???

[crops2dawn]

WOW Donna what a great gift for your birthday! CONGRATS GIRL!
And Lisa and Lor great job as well! All three were terriffic layouts!!!
Julie, you tire me out just reading all that you do, Do you ever sleep?? LOL
And Sue great hertiage layouts as well!!!
Karin & Marnie- Love the Groove! You guys are doing a fantastic job!!!
Thanks for the freebies! You are way to kind!!!!!

[MaggieMae]

Congratulations everyone! Aren't pets the best challenge?! We all love them so much! Your entries were great!

Your interview was so interesting, Julie C., and how do you do it?!!! You are a very busy and generous person! Great to read more about you!!

[Lor]

Thank you all for the wonderful comments on my pet lo. PK really is a stray cat, but he is such a handsome one and spoiled too! :) We have two cats of our own but, I would so love too add him to the family...

[jazzieal]

Congratulations to all the winners of the January Pet Challenge..they were all just great..
Thank you Groove for the great newsletter..Julie...there are only 24 hours in a day..how in the world do you accomplish so much...sounds like you have a rich full life and one you are very happy in..Congratulations.

[lilbinkey]

Happy Valentine's from The Groove!

The February 2007 issue of The Groove is here, and it is oh-so-lovely! This month, our theme is "Valentine Romance". Think hearts, chocolates, champagne, roses…whatever tickles your fancy!

To download the February 2007 issue of The Groove (pdf), click here (http://www.scrapbookmax.com/thegroove/pdf/thegroove-feb2007.pdf). Or, if you would rather read it online, visit scrapbookgroove.blogspot.com (http://scrapbookgroove.blogspot.com). The Groove online has an exciting new look-so be sure to check it out!

CONTEST DETAILS
This month's contest is "Be My Valentine" and we're looking for layouts that capture fun, romance, silliness, goofiness, tenderness – in short, all the things that love can be. Remember that we are now honoring 3 winning layouts! The 1st place winner of the "Be My Valentine" contest will receive a $20 gift certificate to the Scrapbook MAX! Booster Pack Store (http://www.scrapbookmax.com/store/). Two runners-up will each receive an official Scrapbook MAX! mousepad. You've got to love that!

To enter, publish your layout as a JPEG image at High Quality and Web/Email size, and upload it to the contest page (http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=1515). The deadline is February 26, 2007, Midnight (CST).

We encourage you to reply to this thread after you enter the contest. Post a link to your entry and tell us a bit about it so we can all get in on the fun!

MONTHLY FREEBIE
And now for everyone's favorite – THE MONTHLY FREEBIE! To download yours automatically to Scrapbook MAX! , just click on the attached file below! This month, we feature a collection of tags that will be installed to your "Embellishments" folder.

Happy Valentine's from The Groove!

Karin and Marnie

P.S. Not yet signed up for The Groove? Click here (http://www.scrapbookmax.com/thegroove/) to subscribe.
I cant find it in my embellishments folder. What would be the name of it.. So I can look again in my embellishments folder again..
Thanks!!

[The Groove]

Hi there! The freebie embellishment kit is called "The Groove February 2007". To get it, simply click on the attachment in the post at the beginning of this thread, and choose to "open" the file. The freebies will be automatically imported into SBM.

Then...You can find the freebies by clicking on the "heart" embellishment icon (or chooing Object> Embellishment), and then scrolling through the categories on the left hand side of the dialogue until you find the kit named "The Groove February 2007".

(I've attached an image of the Freebie Kit as it appears in SBM so you know what to look for.)

Happy Scrapping!

Karin
The Groove :cool:

[Gotart]

Does this have to imply romantic love? Can it just be about LOVE in general? I am doing one of my sisters & romantic love does not fit.... TLT

[The Groove]

GREAT QUESTION, Gotart!

As with all of The Groove's contests, we are open to your creative interpretations of our contest themes! After all, creativity is what scrapbooking is all about!

Though we might first think of "romantic love" when it comes to Valentine's Day, of course that is not the only type of love out there!!! Feel free to post layouts that celebrate the special bond you have with friends, family...let the creative scrapping begin!

The Groove :cool:

[Maggie]

I'm having troubles.

I keep getting tags from the tag folder from this file. I've deleted it and restarted the program and redownloaded three times today.

Anybody?

[Maggie]

Okay...here are the 36 files that are downloading. (I clicked "see details of downloaded files" after I clicked "Open|Open". It says 36 files have uploaded to your embellishments folder...but here are the 36. (They all appear to be tags to me. Is it possible that the wrong files is on the opening thread?)

I think we are all so busy with the February Challenge that we've just not realized that the love pack isn't there? Ya'll check yours out and get back to me, K?


File: "shape-3-texture-37_2.png" installed to "C:\PROGRA~1\SCRAPB~2\Gallery\Images\Embellishments \The Groove February 2007"
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File: "_sbmax.jpg" installed to "C:\PROGRA~1\SCRAPB~2\Gallery\Images\Embellishments \The Groove February 2007"

[The Groove]

Hi Maggie,

The Freebies offered by The Groove for February 2007 are a set of tags - that's what's posted here in this thread. There isn't a "Love Pack" offered by The Groove - I think you may be looking for something else here...

(Hope you like the tags, anyway!)

Karin
for The Groove :cool:

[Maggie]

Hmmm. I looked in my "tags" folder and it seemed I already had the tags offered in this link.

:confused:

Thanks for the quick reply!

[The Groove]

Hi - you are right, the "shape-3" tags that come with SBM (in the category "Tag Town") are similar to those in the February Freebie, but they do have variations in color, pattern and texture.

(Just making sure - are you clicking on the category called "The Groove February 2007" under "Embellishments" (see image attached)?)

Karin :)

[Maggie]

Yup! I'm with ya. Read the thread. Good idea to show the thumbnail.

I was just expecting tags to show up in the tags folder so I got confused when I saw them here.

Thanks for explaining.

[Gotart]

GREAT QUESTION, Gotart!

As with all of The Groove's contests, we are open to your creative interpretations of our contest themes! After all, creativity is what scrapbooking is all about!

Though we might first think of "romantic love" when it comes to Valentine's Day, of course that is not the only type of love out there!!! Feel free to post layouts that celebrate the special bond you have with friends, family...let the creative scrapping begin!

The Groove :cool:

Thanks, I did do a Sisters page that I have been wanting to do for a longtime. Both my sisters have passed & this is a Valentine for my nieces, nephews & my Mother...I enjoy these contests... TLT

http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=7989&cat=1515

[a_nussbaum]

Gotart
Your sisters page is beautiful! way to go!

[knzus]

My Valentine's layout:

http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=8089&cat=1377

Sorry it shows twice in the gallery...I was putting it into the contest, and then wanted it in my family album. *sigh* Hope no one thinks I was trying to take over with one page, LOL!

[Kazr]

Congratulations to Donna, Lisa & Lor for winning the Pets contest,they were beautiful L/O's & you should all be very proud,well done!
hugs Karyn.:)

[autisticwonder]

...Here's my entry for Feb contest..about my twin sister, Debbie!! WE are like night and day in our personalities so I did this in black and white. Don't have that many pictures of her recently..so these are old pictures...Thanks to the individual who gave us this valentine kit..but it isn't marked with givers name..so.????..
Wanted to honor my sister for the HE-- she went through with my seriously gambling addicted Uncle who tried to do my Aunt harm with his need for money for his HUGE debts. VERY SAD..and he was such a liar and cheat..WHAT A NIGHTMARE to find all of these things out about him to help my sister battle him in court for custody. We WON against all odds..It was a MIRACLE how we found things out..She spent her hard earned money to fight him. I spent 1500 hours studying the legal end of things and researching his debts.
I finally learned to walk with her instead of trying to get her to walk beside me!! SO many stories to tell of her lonliness growing up!! I was the outgoing one. Lots of friends and she kept her nose in a book or in front of the TV. Not me..OUT, OUT , OUt..and about!!
She never learned to love herself and her HUGE heart!! She is easily misread!
My Uncle lost so much..dying suddenly at 59 of a heart attack only 3 months after my Aunt passed. She was well cared for by my sister for the last five years of her life!! He failed to make amends for his many wrong doings and smeared my sisters name falsely. But she isn't alone. We walked it together and overcame much and will continue that way!! She wouldn't quit when I wanted to desperately for what it was doing to the whole family! She
taught me how to love her best!

http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=8104&limit=recent

[sacannon]

Here is my entry:

http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=8108&limit=recent

[autisticwonder]

Here's a little something not posted elsewhere..I'd love to see everyone remember to put their Feb Contest link here and say some more of their LOVE stories. Found couldn't say much at the gallery description.

Newbies: Simply RIGHT click the image you want and SAVE TARGET AS and designate these to go to your SHAPES folder under SBM >GALLERY>IMAGES>SHAPES.. I needed the square one to do my sisters page. Love the look of inverting and frames like this.. These are grayscale images you use when you use your PAPER SCRAPS and PICTURES..CUSTOM SHAPE to what you want. Easy to make them!! Have a tutorial under embellishments if you want to learn how to make them...

http://www.scrapbookmax.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3409

I love the templates that I have seen so far!! The challenges and contests are teaching me a lot!! ENJOY!!

[Maggie]

These are GREAT, AutisticWonder! I can't wait to try them. Thanks!

[Gotart]

I know it is Valentines but I had to do this double layout of 2 of my Grandkids. I have always loved these pics & didn't know what to do with them.. This is my daughter's daughter & my son's son & are they are 6 weeks apart. They are such characters together and still are today at 4. Everyone always asks if they are twins when they are together... I can't say more about LOVE than Loving Grandchildren... TLT

http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=8213&limit=recent

http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=8211&limit=recent

[Maggie]

http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=1515

Here's my Valentine Entry. I wanted to use a spontaneous family pic from the last year since my kids enjoy the holiday as much as we do.

They all give me so much joy. I tried a new circle mat technique to showcase a lot of papers without it looking cluttered. I had fun. Thanks for looking!

[inspiredmommie]

Here are my entries for the contest.

[Desmond]

My valentines layout:

http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/data/1515/My-Scrapbook-000-Page-112.jpg

Not a contest entry so much as an example of Scrapbook MAX!'s ability to create a visually stunning layout in about a minute. Besides, can i really enter the contest? There's gotta be rules against that ... :)

Template: 'Heart two Heart'
Picture: From a wedding, Nov 2005.

Desmond.

[jazzieal]

Great LO Desmond.. but no..I dont think you can enter..I think it woud be what they call..conflict of interests LOL..but you can do more pages and post them in the gallery..we would love to see them...SBM is the greatest... :)

[Desmond]

Just gotta wait on more good pictures. :)

Ya conflict of interest -- un-due influence and all that jazz...

Desmond.

[mint]

Here is my entry for February its my first contest. hope I have it right.
this is my son and his dog bear a perfect matched pair. 8x8
http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=8573&cat=1515

[mint]

there are 2 pages for that layout.

[jazzieal]

Valentines Day is a day to Celebrate Love..I chose members of my family for my LO..most of these were made in the 1940's & are of my parents,my grandparents and some of me..family love is forever..timeless...
Heres my entry for the contest
http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=8567&cat=1515

[makeyesup]

Love comes at all ages and in all forms. My GD and her cousin are always happy to be together and never too bashful to show it.

http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=8581&cat=1515

[makeyesup]

One of my favorite pictures from my daughter's wedding in 1994.

http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=8616&cat=1515

[inspiredmommie]

Here is another entry for the contest. I used a quick page from Digital Freebies.

[makeyesup]

Guess I am getting carried away this month; however, Valentine month always helps to bring me out of the winter doldrums.

http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=8754&cat=1515

[The Groove]

Wow! ;)

What LOVE-ly entries you've all submitted to The Groove's "Be My Valentine" layout contest (http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=1515) so far!

Just a friendly reminder that you have ONE DAY LEFT to enter YOUR layout.
1st prize is $20 Gift Certificate to the Scrapbook MAX! Booster Pack Store (http://www.scrapbookmax.com/store/home.php) and 2 runners up will receive SBM mousepads!

Read the first post in this thread for all the contest details!

Karin and Marnie
The Groove Editors :cool:

[NanaC95565]

http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=8292&cat=1515

Here's mine.

[angelwithin]

the words on the jounalling is the poem i wrote and read to hubby during our wedding, they still ring true :D

http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=8851&limit=recent

[a_nussbaum]

By request... here is my entry for the contest, and my story....

http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=8521&cat=1515

I found out I was pregnant a couple of months after 9/11. The father wasnt someone i really wanted to date, and i was in lousisana alone. My family was in Utah, and because of a huge fight, i left and had not really spoken to them since.

When i found out i was pregnant, the first thought was to abort. I was definately not ready (or so i thought). It was my best friend and roommate who found my test, and sat with me for days while i cried. She dragged me up to her parents house in northern louisiana, and had something like an intervention for me. I realized deep down that i didnt want to give the baby up, and with the intervention i couldnt really give a good reason why. I had money, job, a place to live, car, and family and friends.

It was around Valentines day when i found out her sex, I was so upset that i was having a girl! My roommate, smart woman, dragged me straight to Babies R us and started grabbing girl stuff for me to buy. The more i watched her, the more i realized it didnt matter what the baby was, she was mine! That was the first moment in my pregnancy that i felt love for her, and it was intense. I remember this every year, and i thank God that he gave me family when i needed it most.

thank you all for listening, and the great comments. Im sorry ive been a bit absent, im very very sick with the flu. Hope to be back soon.

Angela

[autisticwonder]

OWOWOWW, ANGELA...so glad you got your story in!! It is a PRECIOUS story to tell!! Your layout is BEAUTIFUL and the STORY makes it even more beautiful!! So sorry to hear you have the flu too..It's been tough around here too..So I feel for you!!! Glad to see you back!!!

Angelwithin..Love the poem sentiment with your layout..WOW!!

[AmeliasMuma]

Ok call me a complete dunce here, but where do I find the link to my LO? Its not in my address bar and the links below put my image in the post. :D

[AmeliasMuma]

Must have been having an error with Firefox, now that I have restarted the browser I get the correct link.

I know its late, but its better than never .... as they say

http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=8639&cat=1515
Here is my LO
Love for me [now that I have found the right guy] is a very rich and wonderful feeling and I wanted to convey that in a deep rich colour as well as in some expressions that I associate with love. Before I met my partner I had never experienced what love was truly like.